‘WE LOVE Katamari” is for those who love “Katamari.” If this makes no sense to you, it’s OK. You probably don’t love “Katamari.”

But with a little effort, you could. A surprise critical hit last year, “Katamari Damacy” took a simple concept — rolling a sticky ball — and turned it into one of the most original video games the industry has seen in years. Of course, that success spawned a not-so-original idea: a sequel.

Thankfully, “We Love Katamari” is more than just the same game with a new title. For the uninitiated, the game builds upon the plot of the original, in which The King of All Cosmos accidentally breaks all the stars in the sky and sends his son, the Prince, to Earth to create new ones. In the process, The King’s popularity soars, so that in the sequel, the Prince must feed his dad’s ego by answering fans’ requests.

To do so, you begin with a katamari, a sticky ball that you roll using the controller’s two thumbsticks (the left stick controls the Prince’s left arm and the right his right). Your environment — a child’s room, a back yard, a zoo — is littered with objects of various sizes. All you have to do is roll the katamari over these objects. At first, only small items, such as candy pieces or pencil erasers, will stick to your katamari. But the more items you roll up, the bigger your katamari becomes, allowing you to pick up larger objects, such as animals, people and cars.

In between levels, the Prince can wander a meadow and approach fans who have requests. A mother, for example, wants you to use the katamari to clean her son’s room, so you must roll up 100 items as quickly as possible. Other levels include one that takes place underwater and another that replaces the katamari with a sumo wrestler, whom you must roll over food items to make him bigger for his next match.

The offbeat humor that permeated the first game is also back, in the form of self-referential fan appreciation. After all, the sequel wouldn’t exist if fans of the first game hadn’t been so rabid; so, to acknowledge that, the designers incorporated characters who are rabid fans of “Katamari.” Other additions include being able to play as one of the Prince’s many cousins, who are scattered throughout each of the levels, as well as a cooperative two-player mode.

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